Radio News Reporting Lecture

Radio News Reporting
Lecture-Workshop
for USC-KNN
What is NEWS?
The dog bites a man. A man bites a dog.
What is NEWS?
Dean Spencer of Syracuse
University:
“…any account of a person,

idea or event which interest a large
number of people and is capable of
being understood by them.”
Elements of News
Timeliness
Prominence
Proximity
Oddity or Novelty
Significance,
Impact or
Consequence
Elements of News
Conflict
Suspense
Human Interest
Progress
Humor
EXERCISE
Look for a partner who’s not very
close/familiar to you.
Interview each other.
Determine something newsworthy of
the person you are talking with.
Write a 3 to 5-paragraph news about
your partner.
Presentation of your news.
News Process
News Gathering
News Writing
News Presentation/Reporting
News Process
News Gathering
– Story Conference
– Deployment of news team/reporter
News Desk vs. Field Reporter
News Producer vs. News Anchor
– Art of Interviewing
– Human Trail, Paper Trail, Electronic Trail
News Writing
News Process
News Gathering
News Writing
– Determine the focus sentence
– Radio News Script format
– Writing the lead paragraph
– News Story Form and Organization
Inverted Pyramid vs. Square Format
Importance of Script
Cardinal Rule in Writing for Radio
– Cebuano News Writing/Reporting
News Process
News Gathering
News Writing
– Determine the focus sentence
It helps you decide what you must
include.
It helps you decide what you can leave
out.
It helps you decide what order to set
out the facts to lead the listener
through the story logically.
It sums up the essentials of your story
in one sentence that answers these
three questions: Who, What, and
Why?
Focus Sentence
Examples:
Kim teaches Writing for Radio because
she wants journalists to tell compelling
radio stories.
People in Buenos Aires are planning to

march tonight because they want the
mayor to resign after a nightclub fire killed
more than 180 people.
Focus Sentence
Examples:
Former Philippine President Joseph
Estrada seeks full media coverage of the
trial of his cases to inform the public of the
status of his case.
Giant broadcasting network ABS-CBN

has vowed to remain free from
government’s censorship especially during
the times when the public needs most of
the information.
Focus Sentence
Focus: Indonesian authorities are speeding up
the naming of all of its islands to prepare the
country in territorial disputes resolution.
Indonesia islands/morning prime News/

March 8, 2006
The United Nations has asked Indonesia to
speed up the naming of all of its islands.
Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Freddy
Numberi says the country has until 2007 to
submit the names to the U-N.
Freddy says barely half of the more than 17-
thousand islands in Indonesia have been named.
Focus Sentence
He said local authorities are now being tasked
to name their respective islands rather than wait
for the Ministry of Home Affairs to do it.
Freddy warned that the delay in naming the
islands will jeopardize Indonesia’s claim over
these islands before an international forum.
Other countries have also claims over some of
the islands.
Freddy is optimistic Indonesia would be able
to submit on time the names of its islands.
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Next: Radio News Script Format

Radio News Script Format
SCRIPT-ONLY
Afternoon News/March 1, 2005
NightClub fire/script-only
Kenneth
Protesters in Buenos Aires are planning

another march this evening.
They’re angry at the government over last
week’s nightclub fire.
It killed more than 180 people.
The protestors are complaining that
authorities let the club operate with locked
emergency doors, flammable sound proofing and
dangerous overcrowding.
Most of the victims were in their teens. But
some were children and babies.
That’s because witnesses say the club
operated a makeshift child-care center.
Yesterday for a second straight day, many
protestors marched toward City Hall to call for
the mayor to resign for allowing the club to
exist.
Police have arrested the owner of the club.
The fire is one of Argentina’s worst disasters
[end]
SCRIPT CLIP
Kenneth
Protesters in Buenos Aires are planning another march this
evening.
They’re angry at the government over last week’s nightclub
fire.
It killed more than 180 people.
The protestors are complaining that authorities let the club operate with locked
emergency doors, flammable sound proofing and dangerous overcrowding.
THE GROUP’S SPOKESMAN—PETER PAN—SAYS IT’S
DISGUSTING.
=====================================
VOICECLIP: PETER PAN (:15 secs.)
CUE IN : WE’RE DISGUSTED BY THE ACTIONS OF CITY
HALL…
CUE OUT : …HEADS IN CITY HALL MUST ROLL.
====================================
SPOKESMAN OF THE PROTESTORS—PETER PAN—
TALKING TO REPORTER KENNETH GALANO…
Most of the victims were in their teens. But
some were children and babies.
That’s because witnesses say the club
operated a makeshift child-care center.
exist.
The fire is one of Argentina’s worst disasters.
WRAP/VOICE REPORT
Kenneth
evening TO CALL FOR THE MAYOR’S RESIGNATION…
KENNETH GALANO HAS THIS REPORT FROM CITY HALL…
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VOICE REPORT: NIGHTCLUB FIRE/KENNETH (1:00min)
CUE IN: They’re angry at the government over…
CUE OUT: The fire is one of Argentina’s worst disasters.
Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

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KENNETH GALANO REPORTING FROM CITY HALL…
next
Lead Paragraph
WRAP/VOICE REPORT
Kenneth
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Lead Paragraph
WRAP/VOICE REPORT
Kenneth Who?
=====================================

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Lead Paragraph
WRAP/VOICE REPORT
Kenneth Who? What?
=====================================

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Lead Paragraph
WRAP/VOICE REPORT
Kenneth Who? What?
When? evening TO CALL FOR THE MAYOR’S RESIGNATION…
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Lead Paragraph
WRAP/VOICE REPORT
Kenneth Who? What?
When?evening TO CALL FOR THE MAYOR’S RESIGNATION… Why?
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Next:
Next: News Story Form and Organization
News Story Form &
Organization
Inverted Pyramid
most important facts

supporting details
additional details
more details
News Story Form &
Organization
Square Format
story lead
fact 2 and detail
fact 3 and detail
rounding off
Ending Your Story
Summary Ending
Climax Ending
Stinger
Un-ending
Ending Your Story
Summary Ending
Like the summary lead, the summary
ending wraps up the story with the most
important facts.
Ex.:
exist.
The fire is one of Argentina’s worst disasters.
Ending Your Story
Climax Ending
The writer focuses in the peak of
the event, ironically creating an anti-
climatic effect in the reader.
Ex.:
What finally brought down the seemingly
indestructible monument to penal abuse was a
footage videotaped last month of guards clubbing
naked prisoners. President Ernesto Perez
Balladares chose Dec. 10, International Human
Rights Day, to blow up what a grafitto called the
ANTECHAMBER OF HELL. Sighed hotdog vendor,
Pablo Rodriguez: “Too much suffering, too much
disgrace. It’s finally over.”
Ending Your Story
Stinger Ending
The writer ends with
something totally unsuspected
by the reader.
Ex.:
And so Ramon, the shy and lovable Ramon,
ended up to be the vicious rapist hunted for in at
least three states.
Ending Your Story
Un-ending
This type of ending purposely ends on a limb,
creating suspense and interest in a follow up.
Ex.:
Informants are often reluctant to come forward,
whether out of fear, loyalty or a general aversion to getting
involved, and this case has provided its own reasons for
tipsters to be wary. Many sources who gave the FBI
information on Jewell, ranging from his work history to his
living habits, must be wondering today if the leads they
provided helped keep the investigation focused in a
probably innocent man. Still, the FBI is hoping that popular
interest in seeing the real bomber punished and the lure of
a $500,000 bounty, will keep those calls and photos
coming.
News Sentence Structure
Passive sentences
Follows the Object-Verb-Subject agreement
Example:
O V S
A man was bitten by the dog.
Active sentences
Follows the Subject-Verb-Object agreement
Example:
S V O
The dog bites a man.
It ensures smooth continuity of the
program
Smooth flow of things from beginning to end
Avoidance of “dead air”
Keeps from saying anything irrelevant
It aids in proper program timing
Ensures program not to go overtime or
undertime
It approximates the total program length
It ensures accuracy of information
Written facts are far better than be
dependent on the announcer’s memory.
Summarizes facts in magazines, books or
pieces of paper
It helps in presenting information in an
organized manner
Guides in discussing information in a logical
order.
The Cardinal Rule in Writing
for Radio
IT’S SPOKEN (“Write for the ear, not for
the eye”)
Think it, say it, then write!
Use contractions
Change complex words to simpler ones
Punctuate for sound
Avoid sound clashes
Provide a pronunciation guide
CONTRACTIONS
No Contractions Using Contractions
I will I’ll
It is It’s
She is She’s
He would not He wouldn’t
Dalan Da’an
Sumala Suma’a
Gikawatan og Gikawata’g
COMPLEX WORDS
Complex Words Simple Words
Nictitate Wink
Halitosis Bad breath
Monosodium Seasoning or
Glutamate Vetsin
Law of Supply and Increase in
Demand demand
Punctuate for Sound
! – indicates inflection—something
to emphasize.
? - signifies questions
/,… - indicate pause
 - in a happy mood
Avoid Sound Clashes
Avoid alliterations—repetition of the
initial sound of nearby words or
syllables.
Wilma and William watched the

window washers walk with
Walter.
Avoid Sound Clashes
Be careful of sibilant (s,z,sh,zh,ch,j)
and popping (b, p) sounds
She saw some shiny shells

shimmering on the shore while
she sat sipping her champagne.
Bobby blew and blew some big,

bright blue bubbles.
Avoid Sound Clashes
Watch out for tongue twisters.
Thirty thrifty rural residents rented

thirty-three tricycles.
Sherry Sue sure showed some spirit

studying Statistics she’s taking this
summer.
Ang relo ni Roy Royal.

Avoid Sound Clashes
Avoid repeating words or using words
that have the same sound.
The local building was built by a

local builder.
Pronunciation Guide
It is important not to mispronounce
names of persons, places or things
Antilles (An-til-lez)
Pneumonia (noo-mo-nia)
Tawo (taw’)
Pronunciation Guide
Break down scientific and technical
terms that are difficult to read.
Extraterritoriality (ex-tra-ter-ri-
to-ria-li-ty)
Deoxyribonucleic acid (deo-xy-ri-

bo-nuc-lic acid)
Cebuano Journalism
Sentence Structure:
S V O
I am going to the Carbon Market.
Ako moadto sa Carbon Market.
V S O
Moadto ko sa Carbon Market
News Process
News Gathering
News Writing
– Live Reports
Scripts, Outline, Raw Notes
Live interviews (Expert, M-O-T-S)
– Canned Reports
Pre-recorded in tape or CD/USB stick
– Newscasting
Anchors read scripts most of the time
Ad libs are not permitted unless there are
technical problems.

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Radio News Reporting

“…any account of a person,

People in Buenos Aires are planning to

Giant broadcasting network ABS-CBN

Indonesia islands/morning prime News/

Next: Radio News Script Format

Protesters in Buenos Aires are planning

Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

Kenneth Galano reporting from City Hall.

most important facts

fact 2 and detail

fact 3 and detail

Wilma and William watched the

She saw some shiny shells

Bobby blew and blew some big,

Thirty thrifty rural residents rented

Sherry Sue sure showed some spirit

Ang relo ni Roy Royal.

The local building was built by a

Deoxyribonucleic acid (deo-xy-ri-

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